Save Times Changing Without Saving

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I don't know if this is an excel thing or a LAN thing, but I've
started noticing that my excel files are changing save time
after I've had them open without me saving them. I know
the time for an open file will list the time it was opened,
but I'm talking about the open time staying with the file
even after it is closed.
I'm running excel 2002, XP Pro, and I think the server
is Win 2000. (It's a large corporate WAN)
Has anyone had this problem?
 
If you still have the workbook open, then this is normal. But if you've closed
the workbook without saving (and nothing else like a macro saved it), then this
isn't normal.

But a few years ago, I noticed the same thing. I'd open a file on a remote
portion of our network and close without saving (just snooping!).

But the date modified changed. (I think that this was with xl97 and WinNT 4.?).

But the problem disappeared after a couple of days. I figured it was a network
problem that our IT staff resolved. (But I have no real idea what caused it or
what fixed it. I just know that I can go back to snooping without worrying
about getting caught <vbg>.)

You may want to bring it up to a helpful IT person and see if he/she has a
thought.
 
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